News from the Hofmann Lab
October 1-3 2018- Dr. Hofmann organizes as session on 'Eco-evolutionary dynamics in marine LTERs' at the LTER All Scientists Meeting in Pacific Grove, CA where postdoc Marie Strader gave a talk. PhD students Logan Kozal, Terence Leach, Xochitl Clare and Jannine Chamorro present posters.
September 11 2018- Hofmann lab travels to Bodega Marine Lab for a joint lab meeting
July 15-20 2018- PhD student Juliet Wong, postdoc Marie Strader and Dr. Hofmann (meeting organizer and chair) attend the Ocean Global Change Biology Gordon Conference in Waterville Valley New Hampshire.
July 14-19 2018- PhD students Terence Leach and Logan Kozal attend the Environmental Genomics bioinformatics course at MDI Biological Lab
June 2018- The lab welcomes 4 summer REU students through our Ocean Global Change Biology REU program
May 2018- We have a new Dr. in the house! PhD candidate Umi Hoshijima successfully defended his PhD thesis! He is continuing his work with a postdoc at UCSC. He was also recently highlighted by the EEMB department. Go Umi!
April 5-6 2018- Dr. Hofmann travels to Texas A&M to give a plenary talk on the lab's transgenerational work on purple sea urchins at the Ecological Integration Symposium
April 2018- PhD student Logan Kozal is awarded the competitive NSF GRFP!
March 2018- PhD student Terence Leach is awarded the prestigious Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship!
March 25, 2018- New Hofmann lab research led by PhD candidate Juliet Wong is published in Molecular Ecology and highlighted in the UCSB current.
March 2018- The lab is happy to welcome Sam Bogan as a new PhD student starting fall 2018!
February 2018- Gretchen represents the lab at the 2018 Ocean Sciences Meeting in Portland, OR
January 2018- Graduate student Xochitl Clare attends the Gordon Research Conference on Predator-Prey Interactions in Ventura, CA
January-February 2018- New TGP experiment on purple urchins has begun! Stay tuned.
Past News
May-June 2016 - Kevin Johnson will join NOAA's West Coast OA cruise.
November 17, 2015 - NSF-funded photographer Shaun Boyle showcases the Hofmann Lab's Antarctic research: "Pteropods and B-134"
November 2, 2015 - Gretchen Hofmann named "UC Climate Champion"
July 15, 2015 - Pentair Products recognizes the Hofmann lab research in Antarctica "Pentair Products Now on All 7 Continents"
July 14, 2015 - KBBI from Homer, Alaska interviews Prof. Hofmann in the segment "Uncertain Future for Wild Shellfish Stocks with Changing Ocean Conditions."
May 13, 2015 - Hofmann lab research featured on NOVA.
July 14, 2014 - NPR's coverage of the CIRCAS CRUISE: "Underwater Meadows Might Serve As Antacid For Acid Seas".
October 13, 2013 - Commentary on the impact of the government shutdown on Antarctic research in Nature: "Politics: the long shadow of the shutdown."
November 17, 2015 - NSF-funded photographer Shaun Boyle showcases the Hofmann Lab's Antarctic research: "Pteropods and B-134"
November 2, 2015 - Gretchen Hofmann named "UC Climate Champion"
July 15, 2015 - Pentair Products recognizes the Hofmann lab research in Antarctica "Pentair Products Now on All 7 Continents"
July 14, 2015 - KBBI from Homer, Alaska interviews Prof. Hofmann in the segment "Uncertain Future for Wild Shellfish Stocks with Changing Ocean Conditions."
May 13, 2015 - Hofmann lab research featured on NOVA.
July 14, 2014 - NPR's coverage of the CIRCAS CRUISE: "Underwater Meadows Might Serve As Antacid For Acid Seas".
October 13, 2013 - Commentary on the impact of the government shutdown on Antarctic research in Nature: "Politics: the long shadow of the shutdown."